Alvernia's Bonds is PAC scholar-athlete of year

Alvernia College's Eric Bonds (Penn Manor) has been named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Bonds has been a four-year starter on the Alvernia baseball team. He was selected Conference Rookie of the Year as a freshman and was named to the All-PAC Team all four seasons he played. Bonds, a pre-season All-American in 2006, was recently honored as Alvernia’s Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in the class of 2006.

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Alvernia Athletics

Delaware's Dixon honored as Ashe sports scholar

University of Delaware junior Chris Dixon (Hempfield) has been honored as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar as selected by Diverse Issues in Higher Education Magazine. According to the university's athletic website, Dixon, a track and field hurdler, was among 368 student-athletes from all three NCAA divisions honored as part of the annual program which recognizes undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination.

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Ashe Awards

LAX players Weber, Johnson on Inquirer all-academic team

Two former LL League lacrosse players were named to the Philadelphia Inquirer's college academic all-star teams — Widener sophomore Luke Weber (Warwick) and Drexel sophomore Gwenna Johnson (Hempfield).

Norris sets school record in hurdles

Mount St. Mary's senior Shannon Norris (Warwick) now holds the school's top spot in the outdoor 100m hurdles with a time of 14.18.
Mount Athletics

Sweigart on Lock Haven's NCAA champ softball team

Sophomore OF Christa Sweigart (Pequea Valley) was a member of the Lock Haven University softball team that won both the 2006 NCAA Division II national championship and 2006 PSAC championship.
HavenSports.com

Emery earns ESPN all-district honors at Ship

Shippensburg University field hockey junior Kendra Emery (Lancaster Mennonite) was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II Third Team as part of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) women's at-large awards program.
Ship Athletics

Bloomsburg releases '06 recruits roster

Bloomsburg University has released a list of its 2006 sports recruits and included are a number of LL student-athletes:
Field hockey - Katelyn Kindt, Palmyra Area
Women's basketball - Tiffany Fry, McCaskey
Men's basketball - Nikola Traylor, Lebanon
Football - Ben Weaber, Cedar Crest
Men's swimming - Dereck Fritz, Ephrata
Bloomsburg Athletics

Jankowski gets weekly honor at WCU

At West Chester University, sophomore Mandy Jankowski (Lancaster Catholic), a 1B/3B on the softball team, was named athlete of the week.
Golden Rams Athletics

Way competes at NCAA track champs

Kentucky junior Georganne Way (Warwick) competed in the 800-meter run but failed to advance with a time of 2:08.06 (PR, 2:06.39, fourth all-time UK) at the 2006 NCAA Track and Field Championships last week.
Kentucky Wildcats